Weather
Prevailing Weather Conditions
The weather plays an important part in making a golf course diverse and challenging. One of the fundamental challenges of golf is that when the weather changes - so too does the strategy of the golfer who will need to adapt to conditions to shoot the best score. Whilst you cannot predict what the weather will be doing on the day of your game - the following historical data will arm you with the inside information on the prevailing weather conditions that you can expect across the year.
Average Temperature (C°)
| |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| Min |
24.9 |
24.9 |
24.0 |
22.6 |
20.8 |
18.4 |
17.6 |
18.1 |
19.8 |
21.8 |
23.3 |
24.4 |
| Max |
30.4 |
30.1 |
28.8 |
27.1 |
24.8 |
22.4 |
21.9 |
22.9 |
25.4 |
27.6 |
29.1 |
30.0 |
| At 9am |
28.0 |
27.7 |
26.7 |
25.1 |
22.9 |
20.3 |
19.5 |
20.5 |
22.9 |
25.3 |
26.7 |
27.7 |
| At 3pm |
29.1 |
28.9 |
27.6 |
25.8 |
23.8 |
21.5 |
20.9 |
21.9 |
24.2 |
26.2 |
27.6 |
28.6 |
Average Rainfall (Days per month)
| |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| >= 1 mm |
12.6 |
14.7 |
15.3 |
15 |
13.3 |
10.5 |
6.8 |
5.7 |
3.4 |
5.2 |
5.9 |
8.4 |
| >= 10 mm |
5.4 |
6.8 |
5.3 |
5.7 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
| >= 25 mm |
3.0 |
3.6 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
Average wind speed (km/h)
| |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| At 9am |
20.0 |
21.1 |
24.7 |
25.9 |
25.3 |
26.1 |
23.9 |
22.6 |
20.4 |
19.0 |
19.3 |
19.8 |
| At 3pm |
23.2 |
23.8 |
26.5 |
26.5 |
25.0 |
24.5 |
22.4 |
22.8 |
23.4 |
22.8 |
23.3 |
23.7 |
Source - The above data was collected from the The Australian Bureau of Metereology from weather readings taken at Hamilton Island Airport (snapshot as at July 2009). For the most up to date data and detailed statistics - visit the  Australian Bureau of Meteorology website.
Visit the Hamilton Island Weather page at www.hamiltonisland.com.au |
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